Quiz-III

Numerical Methods and Statistical Techniques

Note: Attempt all the questions Time: 25 minutes Total Marks : 20

Q1. Which of the following is true? (read very carefully)

(a) Gauss-Seidal iteration method converges at least two times faster than Gauss-Jacobi
iteration method
(b) Gauss-Jacobi iteration method converges faster than Gauss-Seidal iteration method
(c) Both Gauss-Jacobi and Gauss-Seidal iteration methods has same rate of
convergence.
(d) None of the above.

Q2. Which of the following is correct?

(a) For a given system of linear equation Gauss-Seidal iteration scheme may converge
while Gauss-Jacobi iteration scheme for the same system may diverge.
(b) If Gauss-Jacobi iteration method converges then Gauss-Seidal method also
converges.
(c) If Gauss-Seidal iteration method converges then Gauss-Jacobi method also
converges.
(d) Both Gauss-Jacobi and Gauss-Seidal iteration method always converge

Q3. Find the largest eigen value of the matrix [ ] by power method. If the

initial eigen vector is [ ], then after fourth iteration the dominant eigen value is

a) 14.9047619
b) 13. 9047619
c) 14.5047619
d) 13. 5047619

Q4. In Cholesky decompositions of the matrix [ ], is given by

a) [ ] [ ]

b) [ ] [ ]
 c) [ ] [ ]

d) None of the above

Q5. Solve the system of equations

Choose the initial guess as . After four iterations, the solutions
are:

(a) x=2.9732 y=4.0105 z=5.0000

(b) x=2.9999 y=4.0000 z=5.0000
(c) x=3.3265 y=4.0000 z=5.1200
(d) x=2.9999 y=3.9800 z=4.9950

Q6. Which of the following method is direct method for solving a system of linear
equations?

(a) Gauss-Jacobi Method

(b) LU decomposition Method
(c) Gauss-Seidal Method
(d) None of the above

Q7. To find the value of from the following data

x 0 2 5 1
y 0 8 125 1
we can use

(a) Newton’s forward and backward difference formulas

(b) Gauss forward and backward interpolation formulas
(c) Both Newton’s and Gauss interpolation formulas
(d) None of the above

Q8. To find the value of from the given table,

x 2 4 9 10
y 0 8 125 1
which one is not applicable?

(a) Newton’s divided difference interpolation formulas

(b) Lagrange’s interpolation formula
(c) Central interpolation formulas (Gauss forward, Gauss backward etc.)
(d) Both Lagrange’s interpolation formula and Newton’s divided difference
interpolation formula
Q9. The value of x for which f(x) is maximum is

x 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.75

f(x) 0.6221 0.6155 0.6138 0.6170
(a) 0.6937
(b) 0.6920
(c) 0.7920
(d) Not possible to determine

Q10. Newton’s difference formulas for differentiation are obtained from

(a) Gauss difference formulas

(b) Newton’s divided difference interpolation formulas
(c) Lagrange’s interpolation formula
(d) None of the above.